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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






2. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






3. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






4. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






5. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






6. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






7. Technique of shading using dots to control value






8. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






9. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






10. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






11. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






12. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






13. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






14. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






15. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






16. Creates blue dye






17. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






18. Where the revolving door was fully developed






19. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






20. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






21. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






22. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






23. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






24. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






25. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






26. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






27. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






28. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






29. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






30. The amount of light reflected by a hue






31. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






32. Renowned for paintings and prints






33. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






34. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






35. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






36. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






37. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






38. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






39. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






40. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






41. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






42. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






43. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






44. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






45. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






46. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






47. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






48. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






49. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






50. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines